Consumer Law: North East

About

Provided by Freire, Gerbasi e Bittencourt Advogados

The Consumer Law team at FGB Advogados is recognised for its technical precision and litigation strategy, particularly in complex and high-volume disputes. The team advises on consumer class actions, banking and financial services claims, regulatory compliance, and contractual disputes involving major national players. Its practice is grounded in procedural intelligence, behavioural analysis and legal risk forecasting, with strong integration of legal technology to optimise outcomes and prevent systemic exposure.

The firm represents large institutions in the banking, energy, telecommunications, transport and loyalty sectors, with national operations and large consumer bases. Its clients typically face recurring litigation risks and require scalable solutions with strategic positioning in superior courts and regional precedents.

Recent Work Highlights

• Secured a favourable decision in the Superior Court of Justice reaffirming the validity of interest rate provisions in consumer contracts, preventing a precedent that could have impacted the financial sector nationwide.
• Structured a leading defence in an IRDR (Repetitive Demand Resolution Incident) involving contract formation with illiterate consumers, influencing jurisprudence in a key regional court.

Specialisations

• Mass and strategic consumer litigation
• Class actions and precedent-oriented defence
• Contract enforcement and financial services disputes
• Litigation intelligence and judicial trend mapping